Does facebook.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
facebook.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from facebook.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 5
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 100 (#3)
Can AI assistants cite facebook.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
facebook.com opts out of AI training by Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on facebook.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How facebook.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; facebook.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; facebook.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; facebook.com does not.
- Among 90 sites of similar popularity, 38% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /*/plugins/* Disallow: /?*next= Disallow: /a/bz? Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /album.php Disallow: /business/*&categories Disallow: /business/*?categories Disallow: /business/help/search*&query= Disallow: /business/help/search*?query= Disallow: /business/news*&tags Disallow: /business/news*?tags Disallow: /business/search*&q= Disallow: /business/search*?q= Disallow: /checkpoint/ Disallow: /contact_importer/ Disallow: /dialog/ Disallow: /fbml/ajax/dialog/ Disallow: /feeds/ Disallow: /file_download.php Disallow: /job_application/ Disallow: /l.php Disallow: /login.php*&next= Disallow: /login.php/?next= Disallow: /login.php?next= Disallow: /login/*&next= Disallow: /login/?next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/*&next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/?next= Disallow: /meta-ai-answers/ Disallow: /moments_app/ Disallow: /p.php Disallow: /photos.php Disallow: /plugins/ Disallow: /share.php Disallow: /share/ Disallow: /sharer.php Disallow: /sharer/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /tr? Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/ User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: /*/plugins/* Disallow: /?*next= Disallow: /a/bz? Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /album.php Disallow: /business/*&categories Disallow: /business/*?categories Disallow: /business/help/search*&query= Disallow: /business/help/search*?query= Disallow: /business/news*&tags Disallow: /business/news*?tags Disallow: /business/search*&q= Disallow: /business/search*?q= Disallow: /checkpoint/ Disallow: /contact_importer/ Disallow: /dialog/ Disallow: /fbml/ajax/dialog/ Disallow: /feeds/ Disallow: /file_download.php Disallow: /job_application/ Disallow: /l.php Disallow: /login.php*&next= Disallow: /login.php/?next= Disallow: /login.php?next= Disallow: /login/*&next= Disallow: /login/?next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/*&next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/?next= Disallow: /meta-ai-answers/ Disallow: /moments_app/ Disallow: /p.php Disallow: /photos.php Disallow: /plugins/ Disallow: /share.php Disallow: /share/ Disallow: /sharer.php Disallow: /sharer/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /tr? Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/ User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /*/plugins/* Disallow: /?*next= Disallow: /a/bz? Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /album.php Disallow: /business/*&categories Disallow: /business/*?categories Disallow: /business/help/search*&query= Disallow: /business/help/search*?query= Disallow: /business/news*&tags Disallow: /business/news*?tags Disallow: /business/search*&q= Disallow: /business/search*?q= Disallow: /checkpoint/ Disallow: /contact_importer/ Disallow: /dialog/ Disallow: /fbml/ajax/dialog/ Disallow: /feeds/ Disallow: /file_download.php Disallow: /job_application/ Disallow: /l.php Disallow: /login.php*&next= Disallow: /login.php/?next= Disallow: /login.php?next= Disallow: /login/*&next= Disallow: /login/?next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/*&next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/?next= Disallow: /meta-ai-answers/ Disallow: /moments_app/ Disallow: /p.php Disallow: /photos.php Disallow: /plugins/ Disallow: /share.php Disallow: /share/ Disallow: /sharer.php Disallow: /sharer/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /tr? Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/ User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /*/plugins/* Disallow: /?*next= Disallow: /a/bz? Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /album.php Disallow: /business/*&categories Disallow: /business/*?categories Disallow: /business/help/search*&query= Disallow: /business/help/search*?query= Disallow: /business/news*&tags Disallow: /business/news*?tags Disallow: /business/search*&q= Disallow: /business/search*?q= Disallow: /checkpoint/ Disallow: /contact_importer/ Disallow: /dialog/ Disallow: /fbml/ajax/dialog/ Disallow: /feeds/ Disallow: /file_download.php Disallow: /job_application/ Disallow: /l.php Disallow: /login.php*&next= Disallow: /login.php/?next= Disallow: /login.php?next= Disallow: /login/*&next= Disallow: /login/?next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/*&next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/?next= Disallow: /meta-ai-answers/ Disallow: /moments_app/ Disallow: /p.php Disallow: /photos.php Disallow: /plugins/ Disallow: /share.php Disallow: /share/ Disallow: /sharer.php Disallow: /sharer/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /tr? Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/ User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /*/plugins/* Disallow: /?*next= Disallow: /a/bz? Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /album.php Disallow: /business/*&categories Disallow: /business/*?categories Disallow: /business/help/search*&query= Disallow: /business/help/search*?query= Disallow: /business/news*&tags Disallow: /business/news*?tags Disallow: /business/search*&q= Disallow: /business/search*?q= Disallow: /checkpoint/ Disallow: /contact_importer/ Disallow: /dialog/ Disallow: /fbml/ajax/dialog/ Disallow: /feeds/ Disallow: /file_download.php Disallow: /job_application/ Disallow: /l.php Disallow: /login.php*&next= Disallow: /login.php/?next= Disallow: /login.php?next= Disallow: /login/*&next= Disallow: /login/?next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/*&next= Disallow: /login/device-based/regular/login/?next= Disallow: /meta-ai-answers/ Disallow: /moments_app/ Disallow: /p.php Disallow: /photos.php Disallow: /plugins/ Disallow: /share.php Disallow: /share/ Disallow: /sharer.php Disallow: /sharer/ Disallow: /tr/ Disallow: /tr? Disallow: /ufi/reaction/profile/browser/ User-agent: * Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does facebook.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, facebook.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from facebook.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does facebook.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at facebook.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: facebook.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.